Firemaster
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Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1948
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950.AM(e) 1950; 
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Zariba 2 Y-? 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1937
Zariba
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, rounded at apex, vivid yellow, flat, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower and roundish; corona chalice-shaped, mouth straight, slightly expanded, closely ribbed and tightly ribbed.

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FiremasterFiremaster, 2 Y-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1948
Photo #31415 RHS Yearbook, EnglandFiremasterFiremaster, 2 Y-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1948
Photo #278 ADS Photo, USA